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Artist History The band moved about an hour north on 3C Hwy. to "The Pan-O-Ranch in Sunbury, O., where the yearly Sunday-after-Halloween thowdowns took place. Other groups from the Columbus scene like Rosie (featuring Mark Chatfield from Bob Seeger & Michael Bolton) and Spittin' Image (MCA) were prone to show up--along with the faithful fans of Columbus music, costumes and kegs. Here is featured selections from the band's 1st Halloween performance at The Wooden Horse Saloon, home of the outrageous stromboli, on High St. across from OSU, "The Breakfast Club" live Thursday, 6 AM at the Alrosa Villa on WLVQ-FM (after playing the night before), live at The Agora, Zachariah's, The Frontier Room at OU in Athens and the 1st recorded live performance of "Sunbeams For Sale" at the Dixie Electric Co. in Cols. The group stalled in the recession of 1982.

Group Members Panorama was assembled in the fall of 1979 with Marc Warling of Divine Comedy, Monty Hand of Titan, Jim Miller of Canyon, & Mark Richards of Capital Records' Ethos (Ardour). Cliff Fortney from Happy The Man recorded with the band in December 1979, but Neal Andrews stepped in as Mr. Snooter in the musical play (aka: "rock opera") they were working on at the time. Early Technical support included Greg Riker Produces (Ethos, Marillion, R/EP), Bobby Owen, FOH (AC/DC), Steve Quinn, FOH/ME (Bryan Adams, Jason Sound); Bill Philput, ME/FOH (Bryan Adams, Richard Marx, Jason Sound) Dave Mead, Mgt/FOH (Pres., Sound Advocate, Stage Tech); Rick Feightner, FOH); Sean Griffin, Stage/Road Mgr; Steve Jones, ME (AC/DC); Ken Baird, LD; Jim Reiske, FOH & Bill Gamber, microprocessed FX.

Instruments Chapman Stick . Drum/Percussion Cage . Guitar . Bass . Keyboards . Voice

Press Reviews Columbus Spotlight, The Monthly Planet, Center Stage (Athens)

Additional Info http://www.geocities.com/chapmanstick/panoramalyrics.html

Location San Marcos, CA - USA

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